Administration

GREAT OFFICES

The Chatelaines

The Chatelaine's office is responsible for providing an
introduction to the Current Middle Ages to new or prospective
members; for advising newcomers of the conventions of the
Society, their Kingdom and branch; and for encouraging
participation in the group. The chatelaine can provide access
to educational information such as handouts, booklets and other
materials. In all of these activities, the chatelaine's main
charge is to represent the S.C.A. accurately and favorably,
and to encourage all members to do likewise.

The Kingdom Chatelaine

The Kingdom Chatelaine's job is to facilitate the ability
of Branch Chatelaines to do their job effectively in
educating newcomers. The Kingdom Chatelaine reviews and
approves all literature and handouts which are used in the
Kingdom of An Tir. The Kingdom Chatelaine makes sure
that all Branch Chatelaines have current information. The
Kingdom Chatelaine works with the Kingdom Seneschal to make
sure that the Society is portrayed favorably in all
communications with the media.

Principality and Regional Chatelaines

Principality and Regional Chatelaines oversee the activities
of the Branch Chatelaines in their area. Their primary duties
are to assist Branch Chatelaines when needed and to facilitate
the flow or reports.

Branch Chatelaine

The Chatelaine's Office is responsible for providing an
introduction to the Current Middle Ages to new or prospective
members, for advising newcomers of the conventions of the
Society, their Kingdom and branch, and for encouraging
participation in the Society. The Chatelaine can provide
access to educational information such as handouts, booklets
and other materials. The Chatelaine, along with the Seneschal
should be aware of any publicity about the group of the S.C.A.
In particular, any interaction with the modern media should be
cleared with either or both of these officers ahead of time
whenever possible. No one may else may represent the Society
to the media without the knowledge and consent of either or
both officers.

Demonstrations (or "demos" as they're commonly called) fall
under the authority of the Chatelaine. Some branch Chatelaines
have deputies known as demo coordinators. A Chatelaine may have
as many deputies as necessary to handle the functions of their
office.

Local branches are required to establish a branch library
and obtain, through gift or purchase, current copies of: The
Known World Handbook, the Organizational Handbook
(a.k.a. Corpora), The An Tir Handbook, the
Laws of An Tir, and the An Tir Book of Combat,
together with whatever resources the branch deems appropriate,
including the officer manuals and handbooks. The Branch Chatelaine
is responsible for maintaining the library unless the branch has a
librarian or delegates the responsibility to another officer.

Gold Key

The Office of Gold Key maintains a collection of clothing,
accessories and feast gear that a branch keeps on hand to loan
to guests and new members. New members should be encouraged to
make or acquire their own garb as soon as possible rather than
borrowing from Gold Key indefinitely or for long periods of time.
The Gold Key officer is in charge of maintaining this collection;
making sure it gets to and from events where it will be needed;
and setting up a system for loan and retrieval of the articles.
Neither the Gold Key officer nor the Chatelaine is responsible for
making or providing permanent garb for newcomers. In some branches,
the Chatelaine will serve in both capacities, but it's helpful to
have a separate Gold Key officer. The Gold Key officer may collect
fabrics or raise funds to buy fabrics for Gold Key items, arrange
sewing bees, solicit donations of suitable articles from branch
members, or find other appropriate means of amassing a collection.
Gold Key officers report to the chatelaine of the branch. Keeping
track of how often the collection is used, at which events, and which
items are borrowed the most frequently will help the Gold Key and
chatelaine focus their efforts.

Whalebone Deputy

The Whalebone Deputy is in charge of promulgating whalebone and boffer rules.
The Whalebone Deputy trains and authorizes whalebone marshals to ensure that
whalebone and boffer activities are safe.

Resources

The An Tir Chatelaines Handbook

The An Tir Book of Whalebone and Boffer

There are a number of resources available on the Internet
(both WWW pages and e-mail lists) for S.C.A. officers. We
recommend visiting both the S.C.A. Known World site at
http://www.sca.org
and the An Tir Kingdom site at http://www.antir.sca.org.